Alert archive / Louisiana / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 1995, 11:10 AM CST for Lafayette Parish, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 11:10 AM CST (17:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lafayette Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Of Abbeville, LA | A tornado touched down briefly downing several trees. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 955 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 590 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 061712 TORLCH LAC055-113-061800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1110 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ...LAFAYETTE PARISH...NORTHEAST VERMILION PARISH AT 1109 AM... NUMEROUS TORNADOES WERE REPORTED AT SCOTT AROUND 1105 AM IN LAFAYETTE PARISH. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A TORNADO BETWEEN MILTON AND ABBEVILLE IN NORTHEAST VERMILION PARISH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE& OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Jan 6, 7:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 27 min |
| Jan 6, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 67 min |
| Jan 6, 7:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 63 min |
| Jan 6, 8:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 57 min |
| Jan 6, 8:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | LaSalle, Rapides | 65 min |
| Jan 6, 9:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 57 min |
| Jan 6, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 59 min |
| Jan 6, 9:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | LaSalle | 32 min |
| Jan 6, 10:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 29 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.